BBlink

Partway through the game I was thinking the same thing. That 4th line lacks a guy that will get to the puck first. Nino looked bad. He didn't have his hands. Frequently mishandling the puck which is something he needs to do well to be effective. Maybe a 1st game thing. Didn't mind Vlad on the 4th line. Vlad, Koepke, Iafallo probably gives you enough speed and grit to be effective. I had higher hopes for the 4th line. They looked out of place in today's NHL.

Did we take a too many men after a TO penalty in FG formation ? Does that mean we had too many men for 2 plays and didn't notice?

Talented team but I swear they are raising (lowering?) the bar for what an unsportsmanlike penalty is.

I haven't even gone to Regina that many times for the LDC and I've been spit on, gotten a watermelon helmet in the head and had a knife pulled on me (granted it was outside the stadium). Had enough of that ****.

Big improvement there. I'm assuming that he comes on when we play an extra DB. Woodbey out, Singer stays on the roster

That's what I said. Our offense was basically hope and pray and our defense was doing sweet FA. Take one play to try to win the game. I wouldn't have been mad if we failed. We never see ourselves as the underdog and we call the game accordingly. Playing not to lose and not to win. That is complacency and stubbornness to me.

Terrible game by Reese

I'm putting this on OShea for not challenging that screening. That was textbook

He led him but he just needed to hit him. But I'm not a QB. No idea what he saw

And yet we have some useless American linebackers out there. I mean, I agree to an extent. But we are also bad for giving guys jobs out of TC and not wavering at all.

No Demski...but probably even worse Nichols is back.

I saw last week as an identity game. Play physical whistle to whistle. Be the hammer not the nail. We saw that from both the OL and the receivers and even the defense stepped it up (it was nice to see some more physicality in the DB core). Are we going to continue to play to our strengths. Will we be able to continue that? Remains to be seen.

One thing that was noticeable last night was the blocking by the receivers. Several times they had the Montreal DBs locked down and we were able to get a lot of extra yards.

Preventing the victory. It's amazing how far away we are on so many plays.

Agreed but our offense has basically ghosted. Can say a lot about wanting another 6 points in the first half. But the football game is 60 minutes